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New York State Department of Audit and Control Accounts of Taxes on State Lands


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series contains schedules of state-owned taxable lots within the Adirondack Forest Preserve and the Catskill Forest Preserve. Tax figures include school, highway, and special district taxes, and taxes rejected because of erroneous assessments. Individual lots are usually listed under the name of the patent or tract of which they are a part. Entries include lot number, location, acreage, assessed valuation, and tax amount. Entries also often include remarks such as "lumbered," "second growth," "burned," etc.).
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New York State Department of Audit and Control accounts of taxes on state lands
Quantity:

53.5 cubic feet

100 volumes

Inclusive Dates:
1886-1961
Series Number:
B0603

Arrangement

Chrononlogical by year, then alphabetical by county, then alphabetical by town within county.

Scope and Content Note

Each volume in this series contains schedules of state-owned taxable lots within the Adirondack Forest Preserve and the Catskill Forest Preserve. The tax figures include school, highway, and special district (fire, water, etc.) taxes, and taxes rejected by the State Comptroller in previous years because of erroneous assessments.

Individual lots are usually listed under the name of the patent or tract of which they are a part. Each entry states the lot number, location, acreage, assessed valuation, and the amount of taxes. Often the entries include remarks on the presence or absence of forest cover (e.g. "lumbered," "second growth," "burned," etc.).

The schedule for each town is filled out by the collector of taxes and bears his affidavit as to the accuracy of the "account of taxes on wild or forest lands belonging to the state." It also contains a certificate by the county treasurer stating that he has compared the schedule with the town assessment roll filed in his office and found it to be correct.

State lands subject to taxation for all purposes include the following: "wild or forest lands" within the Forest Preserve (in the Adirondack and Catskill Parks); unimproved land within the Allegany State Park; unimproved lands in Palisades Interstate Park; and reforestation areas, game management areas or refuges, and fish hatcheries, in certain towns. Certain other state lands are only partially exempt from taxation.

Related Material

A0280 Assessment Rolls of Towns in which the State Owns Land, contains related records.

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Contents Volume

Accretion: B0603-85
1886 1
1887 2
1888 3
1889 4
1890 5
1891 6
1892 7
1893 8
1894 9
1895 10
1896 11
1897 12
1898 13
1899 14
1900 15
1901 16
1902 17
1903 18
1904 19
1905 20
1906 21
1907 22
1908 23
1909 24
1910 25
1911 26
1912 27
1913 28
1914 29
1915 30
1916 31
1917 32
1918 33
1919 34
1920 35
1921 36
1922 37
1923 38
1924 39
1925 40
1926 41
1927 42
1928 43
1929 44
1930 45
1931 46
1932 47
1933 48
1934 no. 1 49
1934 no. 2 50
1935 no. 1 51
1935 no. 2 52
1936 no. 1 53
1936 no. 2 54
1937 no. 1 55
1937 no. 2 56
1938 no. 1 57
1938 no. 2 58
1939 no. 1 59
1939 no. 2 60
1940 no. 1 61
1940 no. 2 62
1941 no. 1 63
1941 no. 2 64
1942 no. 1 65
1942 no. 2 66
1943 no. 1 67
1943 no. 2 68
1944 no. 1 69
1944 no. 2 70
1945 no. 1 71
1945 no. 2 72
1946 no. 1 73
1946 no. 2 74
1947 no. 1 75
1947 no. 2 76
1948 no. 1 77
1948 no. 2 78
1949 no. 1 79
1949 no. 2 80
1950 no. 1 81
1950 no. 2 82
1951 no. 1 83
1951 no. 2 84
1952 no. 1 85
1952 no. 2 86
1953 no. 1 87
1953 no. 2 88
1954 no. 1 89
1954 no. 2 90
1955 no. 1 91
1955 no. 2 92
1956 no. 1 93
1956 no. 2 94
1957 no. 1 95
1957 no. 2 96
1958 97
1959 98
1960 99
1961 100